Improvement in wagon-brakes



UNITED STATES GABRIEL FARNER, OF ORRSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TOHIMSELF PATENT OEEioEo AND HENRY CAW.

IMPROVEMENT IN WAGON-BRAKES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,781, dated November10, 1874; application lili-d May 9, 1874. l

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GABRIEL FARNEE, of Orrstown, in the county ofFranklin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement inNVagon-Brakes, of which the following is a specification:

The chief object of my invention is to make a simple and yet elieientbrake for heavy wagons, and also to balance the strain between the rearaxle and the Wagon-bed, in such a manner as to relieve the ellipticsprings in going down steep hills. This invention is the result of manyyears experience as a blacksmith in Pennsylvania, where I have seen thedifculty of carrying heavy Wagonloads over the mountains. My inventionconsists of a novel arrangement and combination of three levers and twoconnecting-rods with the bed-frame of the wagon, and with the rear axle,as will be more fully explained in the following description:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is aside View of a Wagon with myimproved brake applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same.

The wagon-bed A rests upon the elliptic springs B, and `is supported bythe axles C and D and the wheels E, in the usual manner. The doubleelbow-lever Fis attachedin the usual manner, to the bed-frame A, andprovided With the ordinary shoes, for bearing against the hind Wheels ofthe Wagon. Un the center of this lever F is an arm, G, connected tolever I by means of a link, H. This lever I is pivoted upon the reachIt, so as to strain upon the hind axle G in applying the brake. Aconnecting-rod extends forward from lever I, and is attached to theshort arm of the brake-lever L, which is secured to the bed A by meansof a staple, M, and a box-cap, P, thus bringing the brake to strain uponThe forward springs and relieve theln from the forward pressure of theload in going down hill.

By this simple and cheap construction and arrangement I secure all theadvantages of an efficient brake, which is very diflicult to break orderange 5 and I also completely relieve the elliptic springs from sidestrains in carrying heavy 10a-ds down hill.

I claim- The combination of the reversing-lever I, link H, arm G of thelever F, connecting-rod N, and brake-lever L, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

. GABRIEL FARNER.

Witnesses: l

J oEN H. LEcHRoN, 1). D. SWANGER.

